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thoroughly reformed. In the majority of cases, however,
they would still be obliged to borrow; because,
throughout the many-centuried past, hundreds of
thousands of persons have devoted their entire lives to
putting these things to the test until they were able to
bring about these substantial developments. If all that
is to be ignored and an effort is made to re-create those
agencies in our own country and in our own way, and
thus effect the hoped-for advancement, many generations
would pass by and still the goal would not be
reached. Observe for instance that in other countries
they persevered over a long period until finally they
discovered the power of steam and by means of it were
enabled easily to perform the heavy tasks which were
once beyond human strength. How many centuries it
would take if we were to abandon the use of this power
and instead strain every nerve to invent a substitute.
It is therefore preferable to keep on with the use of
steam and at the same time continuously to examine
into the possibility of there being a far greater force
available. One should regard the other technological
advances, sciences, arts and political formulae of proven
usefulness in the same light--i.e., those procedures
which, down the ages, have time and again been put
to the test and whose many uses and advantages have
demonstrably resulted in the glory and greatness of the
state, and the well-being and progress of the people.
Should all these be abandoned, for no valid reason, and
other methods of reform be attempted, by the time
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